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TIL that Robin Williams was the first person to make Christopher Reeve laugh after his tragic horseback accident by disguising himself as a crazy russian doctor and sneaking into the hospital room

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a8ddb TIL cherry stones contain so much cyanide that just two are enough kill you.
WkMb9 TIL Garter snakes will retain poisons they eat in their liver, making themselves temporarily poisonous to their predators. They are also technically venomous, but have long lost the ability to practically use the venom they produce.
xVo5g TIL, Wolf Blitzer did so poorly on Celebrity Jeopardy that he was negative $4,600 at one point and had to be bailed out by the show by giving him $1000
XEKOR TIL of the Dragon's Jaw Bridge, which became a symbol of resistance and legend of invincibility during the Vietnam War, being bombed by US forces 873 times and directly hit by hundreds of bombs and missiles in a span of seven years before finally being destroyed in 1972.
oBX18 TIL about two boys aged 10 and 13 who travelled from Dublin to New York via London after their mother said not to go far as dinner was nearly ready,